I have little experience with zen Buddhism/meditation so I may be way off base. My experience with zen meditation is that it was either meditation on the breath, meditation on koan, or 'just sit'. What is meant by 'just sit' (I apologise for not doing it justice) is that one sits with whatever arise...

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I kept meaning to follow up on this. I'm asking about something fairly specific, but I couldn't remember details off-hand when I posted this topic. Upon further investigation, I'm wondering about something called niyamas , apparently discussed in the Moliyasivaka Sutta, of which there are five type...

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Due to the esoteric nature of the goma you won't find an in-depth explanation for every element in the public domain. That book you have by Saso is, as far as I'm aware, the only public publication of the Tendai goma. He also has a set of videos that accompanies the book you'll find on his webpage. ...

I believe the phrase "single practice" may have indeed originated in Tendai (or rather Tientai I should say) however I can't see why it would be derogatory, as Tendai itself has ichigyo zanmai practice. And, although each of the Kamakura schools have a wide variety of practices, they all claim that ...

With regards to the word 'Dai', there are many words in Japanese that sound the same, but are actually completely different words. Just like in English we have 'where' and 'wear'. DGA has given you the Kanji for Tendai '天台'. The first character (Ten 天) can mean 'heaven' or 'god'. The second characte...

Does the Tendai school in Japan now mostly focus on esoteric practices or is it more of a balance between those and the original meditation styles (Six sublime gates, Calming and Contemplation, etc) taught by Zhi Yi? It is more of a balance, but meditation in Tendai Temples in Japan is a not really...

I've been curious about this for a while- what does lay Tendai practice look like? Things like what is the setup for home practice, altars, procedures etc. Plenty of resources in the Tendai section of this forum, including the lay daily liturgy and Butsudan set-up. See here: https://dharmawheel.net...

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That being said, the above discourse reminds me of a conflict in Tendai Buddhism, between two subsects, one of which is labelled today as heterodox and the other orthodox, in which one "heterodox" (heretical?) subsect posited a Buddha(hood) predicated on causes and conditions. I believe the mainstr...